Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.

Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.

People are islands, ' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years.

When she had failed once or twice to respond to some conversational gambit or other, Bond also relapsed into silence and occupied himself with his own gloomy thoughts.

A scar had been beaten into his mind which would only heal by experience.

History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

But as the years passed, he missed her more, not less, and his need for her became a cut that would not scar over, would not stop leaking.

In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Realize life as an end in itself. Functioning is all there is.

He is racist, he's homophobic, he's xenophobic and he's a sexist. He's the perfect Republican candidate. [California Democratic Party chairman about Pat Buchanan.]

True friends are like stars; you can only recognize them when it's dark around you.

Retirement is the ugliest word in the language.

You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society.

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

Coe has smashed the world record, 1:44.92 seconds has never been run easier

I doubt Dereck Chisora can knock me out.